Vitamin K deficiency is an emerging problem.The main reason?Differences between Vitamin K1 (made by plants, found in plant foods) and Vitamin K2 (made by bacteria, found in animal fats & fermented foods), and their respective roles in human p

10 – Iron | nutrients we're deficient in

Aug 2nd, 2022 17m 45s

Iron deficiency affects billions of people worldwide. Are you one of them?-----“Iron is a mineral that is an essential component of hemoglobin, myoglobin, enzymes, and cytochromes and is necessary for oxygen transport and cellular respiratio

9 – Sunlight & Vitamin D

Jun 14th, 2022 32m 29s

Sunlight triggers many beneficial changes in humans.It can help us relax, improve our mood and help us sleep better.Other benefits include; gut health, sexual health, bone health...If that interests you, listen in to hear what else sunlight

8 – Plant Foods; Friend or Foe?

Nov 25th, 2021 40m 42s

"Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better."– Albert EinsteinPlant foods are considered de facto healthy in the modern world.But is it true?In this episode, we explore some nutritional (and ethical) consideratio

7 – Progressive Decline of Modern Civilisation | Nutrition and Physical Degeneration

Aug 9th, 2021 31m 50s

“Medicine is far from having decreased human sufferings as much as it endeavours to make us believe. Indeed, the number of deaths from infectious diseases has greatly diminished. But we still must die in a much larger proportion from degenerati

6 – True Cost & Fair Price of Food

Jul 30th, 2021 10m 38s

Is it 'expensive' to eat healthy?All things considered, we don't see it that way.-----ResourcesTrue Cost, Value & Fair Price of Food (blog)-----ContactServicesNewsletter sign-upBuy Me A Coffee

5 – Ancestral 'Superfoods' that Optimise Reproductive and Immune Health

Jul 27th, 2021 9m 47s

Out of all the foods that humans have consumed throughout our history, some have been particularly sought-after.Here's a shortlist of them, discovered by your ancestors and confirmed by modern scientific analysis.-----ContactServicesNewsle

4 – Traditional Methods of Food Preparation

Jul 24th, 2021 11m 23s

The way our food is prepared is not some trivial matter.It has many implications: quality, safety, digestibility, nutrient availability, gut health and long-term health status, to name but a few.-----ContactServicesNewsletter sign-upBuy M

3 – A Working Definition of 'Food'

Jul 21st, 2021 5m 27s

Food ≠ calories and macros.It's more complicated than that.Here's how to figure out what qualifies as 'food' (vs the stuff you find in most supermarkets).-----ContactServicesNewsletter sign-upBuy Me A Coffee

2 – First Principles of Human Nutrition

Jul 18th, 2021 19m 52s

Modern humans have forgotten what to eat!Our dietary guidelines are confusing and over-complicated.Here are some principles that will simplify your understanding of what humans are meant to eat, and why.-----ContactServicesNewsletter sign

1 – North American Indians | Nutrition and Physical Degeneration

Jul 15th, 2021 14m 9s

How much did our ancestors know about health and nutrition?Some clues are given to us here, in an excerpt from Weston A Price's book; Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects.-----Cont

Eat Ancestral Trailer

Jul 14th, 2021 2m 24s

Welcome to the Eat Ancestral Podcast. My name is Ben. For the past 10 years or so, I have been on a quest to fully understand nutrition, human physiology, and more recently, the transfer of health between generations, and how all of this fits

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